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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY

128 AM CDT FRI SEP 27 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 AM CDT (415 AM EDT) FOR 

MEADE, BRECKINRIDGE, AND HANCOCK COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY...



AT 125 AM CDT, WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT BANDS OF HEAVY 

RAINS CONTINUE OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR IS ESTIMATING AND 

OBSERVATIONS SUGGEST FROM 3 TO 5.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 

THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN IN A ZONE FROM 

SOUTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTY, TO WESTERN BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY, TO JUST 

WEST OF BRANDENBURG IN MEADE COUNTY. ANOTHER 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES OF 

RAIN IS FORECAST, BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION GRADUALLY TAPERS OFF 

TOWARDS SUNRISE. REMEMBER, THAT FLOOD RUNOFF CAN REMAIN WELL AFTER 

THE RAIN HAS ENDED.



LAW ENFORCEMENT IN MEADE COUNTY REPORTS THAT A COUPLE OF RURAL ROADS 

ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER WITHIN THE COUNTY. NO REPORTS OF 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS OF YET FROM 

HANCOCK AND BRECKINRIDGE COUNTIES. HOWEVER, FLOODING IS LIKELY 

OCCURRING IN LOW SPOTS AND SOME SMALL CREEKS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED

ROADWAYS...IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO JUDGE THE ACTUAL DEPTH OF THE 

WATER.



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